Pamela Mebane will be missed as educator, friend

Friday

Nov 23, 2012 at 12:01 AMNov 23, 2012 at 12:22 PM

I am writing in regards to the story about the death of Pamela B. Mebane as I feel compelled to express my gratitude toward the sweet thoughts and comments expressed in the article. Her achievements shone and it was obvious how much she meant to students and staff at my school, Western Alamance, as well as every school fortunate enough to have had her presence.

Ms. Mebane was a caring and thoughtful woman known for helping every child she could. Many of the students that she touched the most saw her as more of a caregiver than an administrator, as she treated us as her family and not as her job. She is seen as an angel in many of my peers’ eyes. Never did she base her opinion of someone on their friends, preferences, values or attitudes, but instead saw deeper to the true person others might overlook. She made a great effort not to sway just one child to a great future and goals, but their friends as well. She had her own ideas and beliefs different from many other teachers and administrators and set out to use them to students’ advantage.

Not a day went by that she was not smiling or transforming sullen attitudes into friendly faces, and that is what will be missed most about her. She will be missed as a teacher and an administrator, but most of all, as a friend.